(06/10/14) SEATTLE – Three days and three destinations across the state – that’s the plan for a bus tour leaving Seattle on Tuesday. A group of in-home caregivers is onboard, with the message that if they can eventually earn a $15-an-hour minimum wage in Seattle, others around the state should be able to do the same.

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currently highest in the country until Seattle’s takes effect. "New research on the effect of minimum wage increases documents important reductions in family poverty rates and enrollments in public as…

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that 14 percent of U.S. households were classified as food insecure, and just over 19.2 percent of all households with children were food insecure. An increase in the minimum wage significantly improves food security, with larger increases for …

Should the Minimum Wage Be Increased? The federal minimum wage was introduced in 1938 during the Great Depression under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The tiny eatery, located in Seattle … largely on the minimum wage to survive. According to a 2014 report by the University of Washington, about a third of Seattleites currently earn less than $15 an …

Here’s something to consider: raising the minimum wage cuts government spending on Food Stamps and other programs. Of those who make minimum wage or less 44% are in food preparation and serving relate…

Demonstrators demand the minimum wage be increased to ¥1,500 per hour during a march in Shibuya, Tokyo, in April 2016. | KYODO